Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-31
big years WORK having fully recovered

fiction.
AS il this blizzard wab not enough. the
signal service steps IN and orders up the
tlack Aag and says the temperature will
fall from fifteen to twenty-five degrees
before Tomorrow night.
Monday next will be the legal New
Years day and will be observed as 5 hol-
iday. Banks. postcfioe. stores. etc.,
will close and the Press and OAK otalan
will issue no paper that day.
The young ladies Of this city have
extended q general invitation to che
bachelors' club, for Monday evening.
January ?. 1885; at 1880, Of the Mer-
chants hotel. The bachelors are es-
pecialiy requested to be at the hotel at
the hour named, as o brief reception is
to preoede the ball. Dancing com-
mences promptly at : O'Clock.
The Weskly Press and Dakotaian for
next week (printed Wednesday, will be
an excellent number to send to your
eastern friends, It will not be q boom
edition, but will be we'll filed with in
formation likely to bring people to this
section from the east. We do not urge
people to send this issue abroad because
rs have il to sell, but because we know
it will do Yankton good if generally
distributed. Copies . be procured Of
the business office in wrappers.
q. N. O'Brien to-day closed two deals
on business property-one Third street
lot adionrning Jos. Peir's on the east,
owned by Geo. Hoffman, sold to Or.
Brown. Price S 1000. Also SO feet on
Third by 88on Broadway. corner lot,
d~iagonally opposite Merchants hotel
owned by Willlam B. Valentine and
Jas. B. Wynn and sold to DR.. Otto Ear
detti. Price 81 ,2Ou. O'Brlen claims the
lead in rea, estate transactions for 1887,
his sales amounting TO $4,000.
A real estate deal was consummated
to-day whereby Rsv. Dr. Otto 1ardetti,
vicar general of the Catholic diocese Of.
Dakota, q prominent citizen OF Yankton,
purchased from j. B. Wynn and w. B.
Valentine lots l, 2 and three of block IS,
the consideration being $4,000. These
lots comprise the southeast corner OF
Third. and Broadway and have been
used 90 machinery grounds BY Wynn 6
Buckwalter. Dr.. Z1rdetti is purchasing
considerable property ia Yankton. lis
stated tdAt ne viii erect brick busi-
ness block on these lots.
Yankton has added acouple OF hum
dred Thousand dollars in new buildings
and betterments during 1887. While this
ia not enough to shout very loudly about,
it is something worth mentioning 10 way
OF preparation for the boom to come
next spring. In All its business depart
ments Yankton is solid financially and.
ready TO march when the music begins
to play. There 10 . large surplus oapi-
tai here in the hands OF conservative
men Who are waiting to put it where it
will do the most good. They made ii
hare in Yankton and here they will nae
it.
In the district court this forenoon g.
r. Harden appeared in response to an
order obtained by ]. n. True from Judge
Trip, citing Mr.. Harben to appear on
the 81st day Of December and show
csuse why the order granted by Judge
Tripp to G.P. Harden on December
23i, for the arrest OF J. N. True and his
retention until bonds in the sum Of
$1,000 for his appearance were given
should NOS be vacated. True was ar
rested on the 23d OF December and has
since been in the custody Of an officer.
After lengthy arguments for the defen-
dant, presented by r. B. Trip, and for
the plaintiff q. 2. Harden, presented BY
himself. the conrt refused to vacate Che
order.
a gentleman from Hutchinson county
remarks thar the petty persecution Of ],
N. True by q political clique represented
BY Mr.. Harden reacts in favor OF MIR
True. - II should. They have succeeded
in getting Mr.. Trueinto the court as .
defendant for libel and have recently
had him placed under bonds. The in.
ference from thin proceeding ID that Mr.
True meditates flight, bnt the inferenct
is entirely ~fctictious. He has recently
entered upon new business arrangement
which vonld keep him in Hutchinson
coanty ifshs had no other motive for re-
naming and it is not at all necessary Il
hold him fast with bonds. Mi. True hal
large property interests in Hutchinson
and is 10 every way too honorable, /
gentleman TO dodge an issue. He know
he il right and he is good fighting stool
and will meet those who seek I.
persecute him on any ground they MAJ
choose.
Asel Kyes Is on : still hunt alter th,
man who put Msior Magione's lively
horse power alarm clock under the dresl
ing case 10 his room N Thursday night
Kyes 1art early to bed on that eveninI
but his dreams we're disturbed by th,
omnibus tick, stick" Of sonethinl
which had not before been heard IN thu
room. Kyes stood II for . while and The
took . lamp and went through the I'D
joining rooms to e what made th
noise. He did NOT dad il and returne
!. to his ksd. the noise kept on and b
Thought maybe il wAs the death watcl